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Fobbit ’fä-b t, noun. Definition: A U.S. soldier stationed at a Forward Operating Base who avoids combat by remaining at the base, esp. during Operation Iraqi Freedom (2003–2011). Pejorative.
Welcome to the FOB – Baghdad’s Forward Operating Base Triumph.
This is the back-office of the battlefield, where Staff Sergeant Chance Gooding (a Fobbit through and through) spends his days tapping out press releases to turn the latest roadside bomb into something the folks back home can read about over their breakfast cereal.
This is where male and female soldiers are trying to find an empty Porta-Potty in which to get acquainted, grunts are playing Xbox between missions, and most of the senior staff are more concerned about getting to the chow hall in time for the Friday night all-you-can-eat seafood special than worrying about little things like military strategy.
This is where things can very quickly spiral out of control.
Welcome to the FOB – Baghdad’s Forward Operating Base Triumph.
This is the back-office of the battlefield, where Staff Sergeant Chance Gooding (a Fobbit through and through) spends his days tapping out press releases to turn the latest roadside bomb into something the folks back home can read about over their breakfast cereal.
This is where male and female soldiers are trying to find an empty Porta-Potty in which to get acquainted, grunts are playing Xbox between missions, and most of the senior staff are more concerned about getting to the chow hall in time for the Friday night all-you-can-eat seafood special than worrying about little things like military strategy.
This is where things can very quickly spiral out of control.
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"In this wickedly funny novel, Abrams sees right past the self-aggrandizing illusions and comforting fairytales that tuck the US in at night." (Derrik Miller Guardian)
"As funny, disturbing, heartbreaking and ridiculous as war itself" (New York Times Book Review)
"Brilliant and excruciating" (Patrick Hennessey The Times)
"Abrams has a definite comic talent and a lively turn of phrase" (Sam Leith Guardian)
"[Hilarious]... It is the rare writer – indeed, the rare person – who can step outside of himself and see with cold clarity the humor and pathos of his situation and then bring the reader to the same understanding. David Abrams is such a writer" (Karl Marlantes, author of Matterhorn)
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"As funny, disturbing, heartbreaking and ridiculous as war itself" (New York Times Book Review)
"Brilliant and excruciating" (Patrick Hennessey The Times)
"Abrams has a definite comic talent and a lively turn of phrase" (Sam Leith Guardian)
"[Hilarious]... It is the rare writer – indeed, the rare person – who can step outside of himself and see with cold clarity the humor and pathos of his situation and then bring the reader to the same understanding. David Abrams is such a writer" (Karl Marlantes, author of Matterhorn)
'The Iraq War’s answer to Catch-22' Publisher's Weekly
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- PublisherVintage
- Publication date2014
- ISBN 10 0099581485
- ISBN 13 9780099581482
- BindingPaperback
- Edition number1
- Number of pages384
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